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• He grew up as an Air Force brat, and I was in the Air Force.
• It also overuse of force incidents.
• . force. force.
• forces are all simultaneously at play. forces are all simultaneously at play.
• It is totally appropriate Air Force.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Additionally, the bill authorizes the Texas board to issue advisory opinions related to the survey, the
• and he will either get with our enforcement division and issue an emergency shutdown order, um, to force
• that's needed, but this bill required 4 or an individual or another technician to accomplish menial task
• For the people of Texas who keep elevators safe and reliable every single day, it forces a 1 to 1 mechanic
• permit acquired by Southern Champion, an acquired Southern Champion, a G permit, this restriction could force

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• So it's a huge task, it's multifaceted.
• was a physician whose wife unfortunately developed early onset Alzheimer's at the age of 53 and was forced
• would dearly like to see insurance covering this for patients. in the next couple of years and so the task
• There's a higher education advisory committee? Correct.
• My concern is every university on the Higher Education Advisory Committee.

Bills: HB5, HJR3, HB155, HB513, HB5, HB155

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

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• We also have the rules, some technical advisories, on our website, but we will get into those as we go
• as the laws change and this is advisory as the laws change and this is an<01:33:13.280> area<
• We also have technical advisories.
• We always issue technical advisories on any changes to RSA 189:11, the civics and government law.
• So it's kind of an ongoing conversation, but the list of technical advisories goes back years.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Committee held its organizational meeting for the new term, with members introducing themselves and describing their backgrounds in teaching, school boards, special education, administration, law, and related fields. Chair Glenn Cordelli outlined the committee’s goals and procedures, emphasizing civility, professionalism, and respectful treatment of witnesses and members. He also noted that the committee has been split into two this year because of the large volume of bills, and said the committee had already sent three bills to the other education committee, with 36 bills currently assigned and more expected. The chair reviewed committee rules and logistics: hearings should start on time, members should minimize cell phone use and avoid searching during testimony, and questioning of witnesses is limited to one question at a time unless the chair allows a follow-up. Members were told to use the title “Representative,” to sign up on pink cards to testify, and to submit written testimony to the clerk. He also explained that hearings are for listening rather than debating, while executive sessions are where debate and motions occur. Possible motions include ought to pass, inexpedient to legislate, and retain in committee for further work, including subcommittees. Additional procedures covered scheduling, with the committee expected to meet Wednesday and Thursday the following week because of a holiday, and regular meetings generally planned for Monday and Wednesday. The chair also discussed the consent calendar, reports from majority and minority positions, and the expectation that members who testify on a bill should not then question other witnesses on that same bill. No legislation was voted on at this meeting; it was a procedural and orientation session for the committee.

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• And then pillar three is the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee to examine the link between ultra-processed
• And are in a position to make a decision right now. ...and we don't have the information, and we're forced
• That are forcing schools to stop their free lunch or free breakfast programs.
• When we force, through mandates, a change in the market. ...it will drive prices up, hopefully in the
• And so, as education on propylparaben has become available, the market has forced a shift.

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• There's no risk that they're going to be forced to pay the opposing party's legal fees, and this ultimately
• The defendant can be forced to pay the plaintiff's legal fees if that can be demonstrated.
• about resolution and a party who knows they cannot withstand losing the case, all of a sudden they’re forced
• Is that something that this task force would be able to get hold of? Madam Chair, Senator.
• it describes how the state funds delinquency prevention grants through a state juvenile justice advisory

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• On July 3rd, the first Flash Flood Advisory went out in Kerr County, forecasting potential flash flooding
• Just this past weekend, we had the impossible task of, again, addressing our five-and-a-half-year-old
• We are forced to pray for the day when our child's body is found, and to call that good news.
• are this mad rush, a pit-of-your-stomach growling, trying to find your daughter from some nefarious force
• It may be on the legislature that we did not give you the prescripts necessary to force the inspections

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Well, now if you had this card, you could give them this $20 card, and they would be forced to buy only
• update terminology and definitions, to provide for membership, terms, and reimbursement for the advisory
• council, to provide for powers and duties of the advisory council, to update rulemaking authority, and
• I also serve as the chairman of the Louisiana Behavioral Health Advisory Council, and I'm on some other
• So as we transition into this through the recommendation of having an advisory council that's set up

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 12 and considered a wide range of health, social services, and licensing measures. Early in the meeting, the committee reported favorably HCR 98, which asks the Louisiana Department of Health to study whether SNAP recipients should be allowed to use benefits for grocery delivery fees. The author said the proposal would not change SNAP rules directly, but would examine access issues for elderly, disabled, rural, and transportation-limited residents. The committee also advanced SB 273, a hospice patient-protection bill requiring documentation of hydration, nutrition, and care decisions in inpatient licensed facilities where hospice is provided, with LDH oversight and enforcement authority; members discussed how responsibility is shared between facilities and outside hospice providers, and adopted technical amendments. The committee then approved SB 415, creating the Empower Louisiana Food Purchase Program, a privately funded charitable food-card program intended to let nonprofits distribute food-only cards to people in need. Members and the author discussed whether the cards would be reloadable, which retailers could accept them, and whether prepared foods could be included; LDH said the program could use all SNAP-authorized retailers, and the bill was reported favorably with amendments. SB 437, a cleanup bill for judicially referred residential substance abuse treatment facilities, was also reported favorably with amendments after LDH clarified that facilities providing treatment must be licensed, while residences only housing individuals would not be. SB 451, updating newborn hearing screening terminology and reporting requirements, was reported favorably after testimony that the bill would strengthen early detection and follow-up for deaf or hard-of-hearing children. Later, the committee advanced SB 426, which modernizes the addictive disorder regulatory authority and creates a formal peer support specialist licensing pathway. Supporters said the bill would strengthen the behavioral health workforce, improve accountability, and create a progression from peer support to higher credentials; the committee adopted technical and transition amendments and reported the bill favorably with amendments. SB 236, requiring LDH annual reviews and reports on kidney disease treatment services in Medicaid, was also reported favorably with amendments. Additional measures approved included SB 39, allowing provisional licenses for massage therapy graduates; SB 190, which tightens oversight of poor-performing nursing facilities in the CMS Special Focus Facility Program and sets an 18-month improvement timeline; SB 124, allowing hospitals within the same health system to share peer review records without waiving privilege; HR 174, urging study of fenbendazole as a possible cancer treatment; SB 270, allowing terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana in health care facilities; SB 359, changing terms for certain Morehouse Parish hospital district commissioners; and HR 194, requesting de-identified school visual acuity screening data for research. The committee adjourned after reporting all measures favorably, several with amendments.

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• not have authority or jurisdiction over local governments, or when the State Information Systems Advisory
• not have authority or jurisdiction over local governments, or when the State Information Systems Advisory
• not have authority or jurisdiction over local governments, or when the State Information Systems Advisory
• For technical assistance and advisory, it means analyzing and making recommendations to all levels of
• bodies um among the see our our advisory bodies um among the African<01:46:07.360> Heritage<01

Bills: HF1867, HF1240

Keywords: lottery, retailer contracts, Minnesota Statutes, contract qualifications, public integrity, criminal background, legislative auditor, public funds, state government, compliance, transparency, 1183, house

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• They want to be planned and ready to go and they're ranging their labor force.
• <00:03:55.680> So, they're ranging their labor force.
• So, they're ranging their labor force.
• House File 3228 is the workers' comp advisory council recommendations.
• The reason for the waiver is, as is typical, the workers' comp advisory did not adopt recommendations

Bills: HF3228, HF475

Keywords: workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, statue replacement, Hubert H. Humphrey, national commemoration, civil rights, Minnesota history, 1183, house

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• ,<00:39:54.640> um<00:39:54.800> the<00:39:55.040> major<00:39:55.359> task
• So, um the major task to the next slide.
• So, um the major task I<00:39:55.839> have<00:39:56.000> today<00:39:56.160> is<
• <00:47:06.720> panel too, we're creating an advisory panel too, we're creating an advisory
• <00:47:32.960> committee again with that advisory committee again with that advisory committee

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and the Active Transportation Advisory Council.
• Transportation Advisory Council. Transportation Advisory Council.
• They don't have to be forced to ride on sidewalks.
• to be forced to ride on sidewalks. to be forced to ride on sidewalks.
• standards, it can be impounded or forced standards, it can be impounded or forced to<01:58:55.120

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• One of such advocates is my youth advisory board member, Delaney Crump, and she's here to share her story
• There's a quote that one of such advocates is my youth one of such advocates is my youth Advisory<00:
• Board member Delany Crump and Advisory Board member Delany Crump and she's<00:03:02.800> here
• physical and temporal boundaries forcing physical and temporal boundaries forcing forcing<00:14:
• virtual schools into the same forcing virtual schools into the same exact<00:14:25.920> time<

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and heard first from the Washway Nicotine Youth Advocacy Group, which urged stronger enforcement of Kentucky’s Tobacco 21 law. Youth advocates described the harms of flavored vaping products, argued that nicotine use is targeting children, and called for retailer licensing, annual compliance checks, harsher penalties for illegal sales, and more funding for enforcement. Committee members praised the presentation, and one senator said he had heard a bill on licensed retailers may be coming soon. The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from Cloverport Independent School District and the Kentucky Virtual Academy about the state’s virtual school model. Superintendent Keith Haynes and principals Brandy Fagan and Sally Johnson said KYVA serves about 2,800 students, many of whom are at-risk or have health, safety, behavioral, or family reasons for choosing virtual education. They emphasized that the program uses live synchronous instruction, provides devices and materials, and offers special education and related services. They also said the school had a large wait list and that virtual programs need more flexibility in staffing ratios, scheduling, and testing windows. School leaders acknowledged criticism of KYVA’s proficiency scores and said many students entered far below grade level, with 59% not proficient in English language arts and 79% not proficient in math on recent state testing. They argued the program is too new to judge solely on one year of data and pointed to growth in MAP scores, as well as middle and high school rankings in the top half of Kentucky schools. Fagan and Johnson outlined improvement efforts, including daily interventions, small-group instruction, literacy programs, staff training, and expanded clubs and student activities. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• force or work group, but across the state, across the country.
• force or work group, but across the state, across the country.
• force or work group, but across the state, across the country.
• people to be on here. without forcing people to be on the<01:01:15.440> record,<01:01:15.760>
• <01:56:37.520> committee set up a uh long-term advisory committee set up a uh long-term advisory

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Part of the ways we're doing it, our Air Force has an airfield that hasn't been upgraded for 13 years
• has an Airfield our um our Air Force has an Airfield that<02:23:20.000> hasn't<02:23:20.200><
• panels and it's a lot for Wendy advisory panels and it's a lot for Wendy to<04:48:56.480> do<
• I'm so glad that you chose to invest in it, that we've tasked the LG with doing a lot of work there.
• I'm so glad that you chose to invest in it, that we've tasked the LG with doing a lot of work there.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• The second piece is that it. creates an AI advisory council that is outside of, you know, outside of
• the commission but is specifically targeted as advisory to help with alignment for the four agencies
• And we want to be able to leverage that advisory council to chase public and private funds that can also
• piece is just the well, so the establishment of the fund, the funding of the fund, and then the. advisory
• It makes sense to Join forces, but it's Pearson but Radley through Pearson.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Senate Bill 183, an act relating to the regulation of proxy advisory services.
• about nonprofits operating<00:19:12.400> the<00:19:12.480> proxy<00:19:12.919> advisory
• operating the proxy advisory space. operating the proxy advisory space.
• from the Community College of the Air Force.
• from the Community College of the Air Force.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved the prior journal, excused absent senators, and received a House message noting passage of several House bills, including House Bill 1 despite the governor’s veto. The clerk also reported committee recommendations on a number of House bills, which were placed on the calendar, and new resolutions were introduced recognizing Chloe Yates, student wellness and physical activity in schools, and the Kentucky State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. The main floor action centered on House Bill 1, which implements the Federal Education Opportunity Program in Kentucky. Supporters argued the measure would bring federal tax-credit dollars into Kentucky to expand educational opportunities for students and families at no cost to the state budget, while opponents urged sustaining the governor’s veto and raised concerns about accountability and the bill’s structure. After debate, the Senate voted 31-5 to override the veto, and House Bill 1 was finally passed notwithstanding the governor’s veto. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 183 on proxy advisory services. The House committee substitute exempted certain nonprofits with less than $500,000 in annual gross revenue from proxy advisor services from the bill’s cause-of-action provisions while preserving attorney general enforcement authority. The chamber concurred with the House substitute and then passed the bill as amended. Senators also passed Senate Bill 263, the School of Innovation cleanup bill, which makes technical changes, requires KDE support for waiver applications, and creates a pilot project for three schools of innovation with proposed matching grants. Senate Bill 281 on grandparent visitation was also adopted with committee substitute and passed unanimously after discussion focused on balancing grandparents’ access with parental rights and existing case law. Later, the Senate began consideration of Senate Bill 324 on the film industry credit, with the sponsor describing technical changes and expanded provisions to support film, video, gaming, and related production activity in Kentucky.

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• I was forced to endure his torture for hours, and before he left he said, do not tell anybody because
• I was forced to endure his torture me.
• I was forced to endure his torture for<00:14:50.800> hours<00:14:51.760> and<00:14:52.000
• Um, I think some of that in the next three years with this advisory panel will get worked out.
• <00:37:46.320> panel three years with this advisory panel three years with this advisory panel

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:02 Roll Call 00:00:23 HB 414 Discussion 00:01:58 HB 414 Vote 00:22:34 HB 43 Discussion 00:24:56 HB 43 Vote 00:26:37 HB 518 Discussion 00:27:37 HB 518 Vote 00:45:20 Adjournment 00:46:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 414, sponsored by the chair, would require collection of DNA at booking for felony arrests. Supporters, including Sen. Julie Rocky Adams, Michelle Kyper, and Ashley Spence, argued that felony-arrest DNA collection is already used in many states and in the federal system, helps solve cold cases, and can exonerate innocent people. Kyper and Spence gave detailed personal testimony about sexual assaults and how delayed DNA collection allowed serial offenders to remain unidentified for years. Members asked about the removal of a $5 fee in the committee substitute and about what happens to DNA if a case is dismissed; the sponsor said the fee was removed to treat DNA collection like other booking procedures, and that dismissed-case language was taken out because of concerns about duplicate samples. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote. House Bill 43, sponsored by Rep. Diana Gordon, would create a grace period for deputy coroners to complete required annual training when extenuating circumstances prevent timely completion. Gordon said the bill was a repeat of last session’s HB 403 and was intended to let deputies remain employed rather than lose their license and reapply. After a brief question about how often extensions would be used, she said the grace period would be discretionary and limited to unusual circumstances. The committee then passed the bill favorably by roll call. House Bill 518, also with a committee substitute, addressed local tax collection and payment procedures. The sponsor described it as a compromise between business groups and local governments, aimed at simplifying payment of local occupational license fees and net profits taxes by requiring cities and counties to offer electronic payment options. Testimony from the Kentucky League of Cities, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the County Judge/Executive Association focused on reducing paperwork for businesses while preserving local control and avoiding forced centralization. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote.

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• In the 116th and 117th Congress, language was added into H.R. 1, which created a congressional task force
• and the York County Veterans Advisory and the York County Veterans Advisory Council<00:37:46.400
• Patrick's Day is no small task.
• > students Republican changes would force students Republican changes would force students with
• special guards the coups force special guards the coups force just<03:45:42.160> open<03:

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It creates a special counsel under the Attorney General to lead a force that is proactive, research-based
• one of the things that the Attorney General's office, and they're here, specifically there's the advisory
• That position also has the obligation of the Technology Crimes Advisory Board, and that advisory board
• But it will be the special counsel that... ...sunsetting of the crime advisory committee, but it will
• be the special counsel that already exists for the prosecutor's advisory council, which works with all

Bills: SB156

Keywords: gun violence, firearm safety, special counsel, data collection, community initiatives, grants, Attorney General, public safety, suicide prevention, 909, all